LOGINMadeline:“Oh yeah, I guess I forgot to tell you guys that I think it will be better if we make this the venue,” Ron said, pointing toward the big open ground.“Really? Wouldn’t it be scary? I mean, have you not heard about the rumors?” I was the one who brought it up, and I watched Ron tilt his head in confusion.“The winged creature,” I added.The moment I said that, it was as if the truth hit him hard. There was a strange look on his face, almost as if he was suddenly recalling something.“That is what it was. I have been thinking about this place and trying to remember what I heard about it,” he replied in heavy gasps. “The winged creature.”“Yeah, I heard about the myth,” I told him. He placed his hands on his waist, nodding as he listened to me.“That is why we were so scared to come back here after the place was taken from us the first time. But then I heard the family who left this place did so because they were working at the borders. So I guess we thought it was safe. I mean
Madeline:“Yes,” Yuvonne shrieked as Ron knelt down in front of her, one knee up and one knee on the ground, holding a diamond ring out to her.We practically had to drag her out to face him. She was so shy around him that she hid around the corners of the cabin until we decided to take matters into our own hands.I practically dragged her out. Thankfully, Baxter’s parents were in the room.I guessed they were still recovering from the fact that the men they had watched grow up in front of them, the men who had loved them and taken them as parents, had betrayed them so badly.“Mommy, what is going on? Why is Uncle Ron on one knee?” Bodhi approached me, asking as he wrapped his arms around my legs.“Baby, he is proposing. He is asking your Aunt Yuvonne to become his wife and mate.” I told him, gently touching his cheek.“So Aunt Yuvonne will leave us then?” Elara questioned, making me give her a nod.“Then what about him?” Gina asked, making Baxter and me look at each other before turn
Madeline:I was really happy for Yuvonne. It seemed like she was happy too, but there was a little hesitation on her face.It could have been from the trauma or maybe the pressure she was feeling from a lady Eugenia, who had no business telling her who she should date or speak with.“So are you going to accept him?” I asked, snapping her out of her thoughts.“I’ll be judged,” she replied, and I realized this was the guilt she was feeling.“I don’t think anyone should judge you,” I said, trying to reassure her, but it seemed she had more to confess.“I thought I liked Baxter because my mother liked him. It’s true he’s handsome, and I wanted him to like me because I liked the idea of him liking me. I thought that would make me the perfect daughter in my mother’s eyes,” she admitted.“But after everything that happened, I realized I lost so much for a man I only liked to make my mother proud. When I was brought home, even when I was in the hospital, Ron came to see me every day. He took
Ron:“I can’t believe those alphas stooped so low. I always disliked the way they looked at her. That young woman was preyed upon by them so many times. I’m so proud of you. And more than that, I’m proud of Yuvonne. She proved she’s a nice young lady, nothing like her mother,” my grandmother spoke softly, full of praise for Yuvonne.Hearing that made me even happier about the decision I had made.“So I confessed to her last night that I like her,” I admitted, scratching my ear shyly and avoiding my grandmother’s eyes.“You did a good job. She needs someone like you. And by that, I don’t mean just starting something with her,” she replied. “You need to understand that she cannot stay in the rogue community. She has been traumatized there, so it would be good for her to be taken out of that place. That can only happen when she gets marked by you.”My grandmother explained everything in a way the others never could. I felt grateful to have a woman beside me who knew how to uplift other w
Madeline:“Mother, have a word,” Baxter snapped.He jumped off the couch so abruptly that his mother turned her head toward him, but her anger quickly shifted to me as she glared straight into my eyes.“Of course,” she replied, almost as if I had asked him to defend Yuvonne.Baxter stepped away with his mother, likely to explain that while they had taken sleeping pills last night, a lot had still happened. So cut us some slack.I turned to face Yuvonne.“Hey,” I greeted her. “Good morning.”The moment she noticed the smile on my face, her eyes widened.“Last night Ron was in my room. Nothing happened, I swear. I just cuddled,” she rushed to explain.That made me feel angry, but not at her.“You don’t have to be sorry, Yuvonne. It’s your life. Not every victim reacts the same way. Nobody is allowed to tell you how to act. You are a victim. No matter how you act or what you say, nothing will change that. And nobody will judge you. Nobody has the right to judge you,” I reminded her in a
Graham:“Come on, Graham, you’re stressing over nothing. I checked my phone. The recording wasn’t saved when the phone was slapped out of the warrior’s hand,” Elgin told me as he stood outside my mansion with me.He had arrived to speak with me. He explained that his father-in-law had been texting him nonstop, asking for a meet-up, but he was too afraid to face him.“Besides, why would you worry? It was your father who yelled at you. Imagine if another man asked me to meet up just so he could take his anger out on me. I feel disgusted knowing an old man is waiting for a confrontation,” Elgin remarked, shaking his head as he placed his hands on his waist.“Come on, Elgin, I don’t have it easy either. My mate is pregnant. Imagine when she finds out. She’ll be in so much pain,” I retorted, reminding him that his life was not the only difficult one.“All that for what? Just to get her to take her robe off? And now we’re being seen as scumbags,” Elgin grunted, scoffing loudly.“But it’s fi







